B.S. University of Michigan 2006
M.P.H. Wayne State University 2011
M.S. Michigan State University 2015
Ph.D. Michigan State University 2016

Position/Grant/Award/etc.

• 2024-present: Interim Assistant Dean for Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postdoctoral Research
• 2019-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington
• 2016-2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont

Scholarly Interest

Dr. Parker's research interests lie in the field of drug use epidemiology, how drug use and drug use disorders disproportionately affect vulnerable populations, and opportunities for public health strategies. Her focus is on identifying characteristics associated with opioid use at the population level with attention to developing hypotheses that lead to more efficacious interventions or treatment. She also has expertise in implementing tobacco regulatory science research on smokers with concurrent affective disorders, opioid use disorder, and socioeconomic disadvantage.

• Opioid and Other Drug Use
• Psychiatric Disorders
• Tobacco Regulatory Science
• Vulnerable Populations

Dr. Parker is currently accepting doctoral students with a background or interest in substance use, mental health, and/or their intersection.

Parker, M.A. & Córdoba-Grueso, W.S.* (2023). Epidemiology of Opioid Use + Smoking, Alcohol, and Polysubstance Use among Persons Using Opioids. The Oxford Handbook of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder. Dunn, K.E. (ed), New York, NY. ISBN: 9780197618431

 Lee, J.* & Parker, M.A. (2024). Psychedelic use by sexual minority adults in the United States, 2022. Am J Prev Med. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.06.006

Rao, V.,* Valdez, D., Muralidharan, R.,* Agley, J.D., Eddens, K.S., Dendukuri, A.,* Panth, V.,* & Parker, M.A.(2024). Digital Epidemiology of Prescription Drug References on X/Twitter: Neural Network Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis. JMIR. doi:10.2196/57885

Chen, C.,* Huo, C.,* Mattey-Mora, P.P.,*, Bidulescu, A., & Parker, M.A.. (2024). Assessing the Association Between E-Cigarette Use and Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Exclusive and Dual Use with Combustible Cigarettes. Addict Behav. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108086

Streck, J.M., Parker, M.A., Cruz-Cano, R., Rosen, R.L., Baker, T., Piper, M.E. & Weinberger, A.H. (2024). Prevalence and trends in cigarette smoking with and without tobacco use disorder among adults in the United States: 2010-2021. J Clin Psychiatry, 85(3):23m15086. doi: 10.4088/JCP.23m15086

Cai, J.,* Parker, M.A., Tekwe, C.D., & Bidulescu, A. (2024). Food Insecurity and Mental Health among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Affect Disord. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.04.043

*=student or postdoc involved